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Show NEWS IHFTES FROM THE FOREST SERVICE 1 1 Six hundred thousand trees have been set out on the Minidoka forest in the past five years, and ."iu.oOO western yellow pines will be set out on the watershed west of Ottklej li bo, its headquarters, next spring Forty years are required In Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania to grow locust trees ol size to produce an average of 2 1-2 ties, and a little lesg for red oak about 20 trees or 50 tics to the acre Lodge pole pine forest in the Uinta mountains moun-tains aerages :: i 2 ties per tree, 1 f0 ties per acre, although many acres produce 100 ties pe r acre. Sonic acres on the Madison plateau adjoining the west boundary of Yellowstone park Wil produce four or five hundred tier, per acre However, these lodgepole pine trees vary from 200 to 2.10 years Old, although young growth, properly thinned and lesg hindered by lack- of growing space should attain tie size-in size-in from ion to 150 years. Steel and concrete posscnuoi coa hes are now made that contain as little as 4u0 pounds of wood Extract from report of a Manti ranger: ran-ger: While surveying in section 26. tn Ferron Canyon, I found a yearling steer bogged down I pried it out with a pole and when it became tree It tO'd. .tftcr me To avoid it I ran in some .ispc-n and when I continued nr. line I found the tally register missing I returned to the place, but could not . find It." |